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An Historical Memoir of the Pennsylvania Society, for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery; the...

An Historical Memoir of the Pennsylvania Society, for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery; the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, and for Improving the Condition of the African Race. Compiled from the Minutes of the Society and Other Official Documents, by Edward Needles, and Published by Authority of the Society.

Memoir of the first American abolition society; scarce to commerce and with no auction records found over the last thirty years. The compiler, Quaker Edward..... Read More about An Historical Memoir of the Pennsylvania Society, for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery; the...

Price: $1,500.00

A Sketch of the Life and Character of Dr. John D. Godman [Two variant editions]. John Davidson...

A Sketch of the Life and Character of Dr. John D. Godman [Two variant editions].

Upon the death of Dr. John D. Godman, the Quakers of Philadelphia memorialized him as a Christian philosopher. Godman was remembered as a naturalist, encyclopedist..... Read More about A Sketch of the Life and Character of Dr. John D. Godman [Two variant editions

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An Inaugural Dissertation on the Influence of the Passions upon the Body, in the Production and...

An Inaugural Dissertation on the Influence of the Passions upon the Body, in the Production and Cure of Diseases [Presentation Copy]

Doctoral dissertation by Philadelphia physician and surgeon Joseph Parrish (1779–1840), submitted to the trustees and medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania. Parrish here investigates..... Read More about An Inaugural Dissertation on the Influence of the Passions upon the Body, in the Production and...

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1831 Autograph Letter Signed by Roberts Vaux, Pennsylvania Abolitionist, Reformer of Education...

1831 Autograph Letter Signed by Roberts Vaux, Pennsylvania Abolitionist, Reformer of Education and Prisons, and Jurist.

Letter from Philadelphia reformer Roberts Vaux (1786–1836) touching on two concerns: education and temperance. Vaux writes briefly here “to the President, and Members, of the..... Read More about 1831 Autograph Letter Signed by Roberts Vaux, Pennsylvania Abolitionist, Reformer of Education...

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An address to the quarterly, monthly and preparative meetings and the members thereof, composing...

An address to the quarterly, monthly and preparative meetings and the members thereof, composing the Yearly meeting of Friends held in Philadelphia, by the committee appointed at the late Yearly meeting to have charge of the subject of slavery.

This address exhorts fellow Quakers to righteously oppose slavery; to avoid using products derived from slave labor; to attend to the moral and education uplifting..... Read More about An address to the quarterly, monthly and preparative meetings and the members thereof, composing...

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1788 Philadelphia Manuscript Bill of Sale from Thomas Paschall for Saws, Tools. Thomas Paschall

1788 Philadelphia Manuscript Bill of Sale from Thomas Paschall for Saws, Tools.

Written in an elegant hand, a bill recording the sale of one “Tennant Saw”, six mill saw files, six hand saws, 1,000 3oz and 5oz..... Read More about 1788 Philadelphia Manuscript Bill of Sale from Thomas Paschall for Saws, Tools

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1837–1845 Manuscript Correspondence of William P. Cresson Company of Philadelphia. W P....

1837–1845 Manuscript Correspondence of William P. Cresson Company of Philadelphia.

William P. Cresson Co. of Philadelphia was actively engaged in the hardware commission business in the 1830’s and 1840’s. The company offered a variety of..... Read More about 1837–1845 Manuscript Correspondence of William P. Cresson Company of Philadelphia

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Anthony Benezet. From the Original Memoir: Revised, with Additions. Wilson Armistead,...

Anthony Benezet. From the Original Memoir: Revised, with Additions.

Biography of early American abolitionist and Quaker educator, Anthony Benezet (1713–1784) of Philadelphia. In 1775, Benezet was the founder of one of the world’s first..... Read More about Anthony Benezet. From the Original Memoir: Revised, with Additions

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